The Blues landed this Wednesday early evening in Budapest where they will play their second match this Saturday (3 p.m.) against Hungary with the objective of validating their ticket for the round of 16 of the Euro. Under a blazing sun, the France team trained one last time in Germany at the Bayern Munich campus at 3 p.m. to adapt to the schedule of their meeting against a new host country. The 15 replacements from France-Germany were entitled to a full session with an individual and then collective warm-up, then two toros, one at 8, the other at 7 before participating in a giant toro and, then, to engage to an opposition. Paul Pogba, N'Golo Kanté, Antoine Griezmann, Benjamin Pavard and Adrien Rabiot lined up the laps with Cyril Moine, the physical trainer of the France team.Captain Hugo Lloris then came to run for a few minutes with them. They ended up doing stretching exercises on the lawn. All the other holders of the victory against Germany (Raphaël Varane, Presnel Kimpembe, Lucas Hernandez, Kylian Mbappé and Karim Benzema) first stayed in the room to recover, either on bikes or on massage tables. Then some went out to join the replacements, like Hernandez or Mbappé, in white t-shirts and blue sneakers, came to watch the end of the opposition between reservists.Kylian Mbappé and Karim Benzema) first stayed in the room to recover, either on bikes or on massage tables. Then some went out to join the replacements, like Hernandez or Mbappé, in white t-shirts and blue sneakers, came to watch the end of the opposition between reservists.Kylian Mbappé and Karim Benzema) first stayed in the room to recover, either on bikes or on massage tables. Then some went out to join the replacements, like Hernandez or Mbappé, in white t-shirts and blue sneakers, came to watch the end of the opposition between reservists.
The number: 6
France has not lost to Germany since July 7, 2014 and the World Cup in Brazil.
The Mannschaft, before becoming world champion two weeks later, had won 1-0 thanks to a goal by… Mats Hummels, the same who scored a goal against his camp on Tuesday in the victory (1-0) of the Blues against Germany.
This success allows Didier Deschamps' players to bring the number of games without defeat against the Germans to 6 (4 wins and 2 draws).
The France team won in a friendly (2-0) in 2015 on the day of the attacks in Paris then won by the same score in the semi-final of Euro 2016. There was then a draw (2 -2) in friendly in 2017 then again a draw (0-0) and a success (2-1) in 2018 during the League of Nations.
The sentence: "Paul Pogba could wear the armband in the French team without any problem", supports Raphaël Varane
A little earlier in the afternoon, Raphaël Varane presented himself at a press conference after his very good performance on Tuesday evening against Germany where he was impassable. The central defender of Real Madrid avoided talking about him to highlight the work of the team by even mentioning a reference match. He still congratulated Paul Pogba for his great match in midfield against the Germans but also his role off the field. “It is of course a player who could wear the armband in the French team without any problem, supports the former Lensois. He evolves, gains in confidence, in maturity. He has this strength of character, this determination. He knows how to convey that to the group. He is listened to, respected, in addition he sets the mood. "
